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The Raabs and the Koppelmans are doubly related: via John Harman KoppelmanÕs daughter Anna Mina KoppelmanÕs marriage to George P. Raab, and by Goldie T. RaabÕs marriage to Charles Dietrich Koppelman, the son of Henry L. Koppelman (John Harman KoppelmanÕs brother). Many Raabs worshiped at St. JosephÕs Catholic Church on Belair Road at Plumer Avenue, in a neighborhood once known as Fullerton, and may be buried in the churchÕs cemetery.[1]

 

Pankranz Raabe (b. approx. 1833, Bavaria; d. before June 1880, MD) m. Barbara (b. approx. 1831, Bavaria) According to the 1910 census, the Raabs immigrated to Baltimore in 1860; 1859 according to the 1930 census. A May 15, 1860 passenger list from the ship Columbia, bound from Bremen to Baltimore, contains a family headed by Pankrantz Raabe, laborer, age 28, with a wife Barbara, age 26, a son Pankrantz, age 2. Also in the party was a 15-year-old girl whose first name is unreadable, possibly PankranzÕ sister.

 

Although the passenger manifest lists their country of origin as Prussia, their names and ages match the family headed by Bengratz Raub that appears in the 1870 census of Towsontown. In 1870, they gave their place of origin as Bavaria. Bengratz or Pankranz was by then a market farmer and was already a U.S. citizen. In the 1880 census, Barbara is a widow. It is likely that they were Catholic, since this was the faith of many of their descendants. They had seven children: Benjamin J. (b. 1858, Bavaria), George (b. 1862, MD), Peter (b. 1863, MD), Marie (b. 1866, MD), Teresa (b. 1869, MD), Annie (b. 1870, MD), and John Andrew (b. 1873, MD)[2]:

 

 

     1. Bengratz or Benjamin J. Raub (b. approx. 1858, Bavaria) m.

        Annie M. approx. 1894 (b. approx. 1878, MD) According to

        the 1910 census, Benjamin was a mason who worked on

        wells. They lived on Hamilton Avenue in the 14th district.

        Annie had had six children, of whom five were alive at that

        time; by 1920, she had three more children, and Benjamin was

        working as a night watchman[3]:

 

          a. George B. Raab (b. approx. 1896, Baltimore Co., MD) m.

              Magdalene approx. 1912 (b. approx. 1892, MD) In 1930,

              they lived on N. Regester St., in the 8th Ward. George was

              employed as motorman on a streetcar, and they had two

              children[4]:

 

               1. Bertha M. Raab (b. November 23, 1916, Baltimore,

                   MD; January 11, 1999, Baltimore, MD[5])

 

               2. Andrew Raab (b. approx. 1924, Baltimore, MD)

 

          b. Edward John Raab (b. approx. 1899, Baltimore Co., MD)

              During WWI, Edward served in the Meuse-Argonne as a

              private, first with Company 6 of the Maryland Infantry and

              then with several other companies before he was

              honorably discharged on June 2, 1919.[6] In 1920, he

              continued at home, unmarried. In 1930, he had married

              Margaret M. Bayner (?) (b. approx. 1901, MD), and had

              a job a motorman on a streetcar. They and their three

              children were living with her parents, Frederick Bayner

              (b. approx. 1872, MD), who was employed as a laborer in

              a brickworks, and Mary R. Bayner(b. approx. 1877, MD),

              on Light Street, in the city[7]:

 

               1. Edward John Raab, Jr. (b. May 29, 1921, Baltimore,

                   MD; d. December 9, 1993, Baltimore, MD[8]) He enlisted

                   in the army in 1943.

 

               2. Juanita D. Raab (b. approx.1926, Baltimore, MD; d.

                   December 13, 1944, Baltimore, MD[9])

 

               3. Agnes M. Raab (b. approx. 1929, Baltimore, MD)

 

          c. Marie Raab (b. approx. 1903, Baltimore Co., MD) In

             1930, she was employed as a machine operator in a shirt

             factory.

 

          d. George J. Raab (b. approx. 1904, Baltimore Co., MD)

 

          e. Anna Raab (b. approx. 1908, Baltimore Co., MD)

 

          f. William Raab (b. approx. 1911, Baltimore Co. MD)

 

          g. Madeleine Raab (b. approx. 1915, Baltimore Co., MD)

 

     2. George Raab (b. November 1862, MD) m. approx. 1881

         Louisa Agnes Paul (b. November 1862, MD; d. August 12,

         1957), the daughter of Mary A. Paul (b. Jan. 1832, Germany;

         immigrated 1855) George Raab farmed in the 11th district. The

         1915 Bromley Atlas of Baltimore County shows the George

         Raab farm in that district on Beliar Road, at White Marsh

         Run. By 1910, George and Mary had had 13 children, of

         whom nine survived[10]:

 

          a. Mary A. Raab (b. April 1882, Baltimore Co., MD)

 

          b. George P. Raab (b. January 31, 1883, Baltimore Co.,

              MD[11]; d. March 16, 1960) When he registered for the draft

              in 1917, he was employed as a chaffeur.

 

          c. Anthony Joseph Raab (b. February 13, 1886, Baltimore

              Co., MD[12]) m. Catherine (b. May 15, 1891, MD; d.

              January 1967, Baltimore, MD[13]) In 1930, they were living

              on Oliver Street, in the 8th Ward. Anthony was employed

              as an apartment building superintendent. They had six

              children[14]:

 

               1. Elmer G. Raab (b. July 5, 1910, Baltimore, MD; d.

                   March 25, 1990, Baltimore, MD[15])

 

               2. Margaret A. Raab (b. approx. 1914, Baltimore, MD)

 

               3. Norman N. Raab (b. April 21, 1916, Baltimore, MD; d.

                   January 3, 1995, Baltimore, MD[16])

 

               4. Dolores M. Raab (b. approx. 1920, Baltimore, MD)

 

               5. Lorraine M. Raab (b. approx. 1922, Baltimore, MD)

 

               6. Wilmer Charles Raab (b. approx. 1926, Baltimore,

                   MD) Wilmer served in the U.S. Navy during World

                   War II.[17]

 

          d. Joseph B. Raab (b. February 1888, Baltimore Co., MD)

 

          e. John Andrew Raab (b. August 9, 1890, Baltimore Co.,

              MD; d. December 15, 1938, Baltimore Co., MD[18]) In 1930,

              he was widowed, working as a carpenter, and living near

              his parents on Belair Road with his four children:

 

               1. Edwin J. Raab (b. March 6, 1913, Baltimore Co. MD;

                   d. September 20, 1999, Baltimore, MD[19])

 

               2. Katherine Raab (b. approx. 1916, Baltimore Co., MD)

 

               3. William J. Raab (b. June 22, 1921, Baltimore Co. MD;

                   d. February 28, 1945) He enlisted in U.S. Army, 1942,

                   served as a technical sergeant, and was killed in action;

                   He is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery, on

                   Frederick Road.[20]

 

               4. John Elmer Raab (b. approx. 1925, Baltimore Co.,

                   MD) May have served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army

                   during WW II.[21]

 

          f. Charles Alphonsus Raab (b. April 24, 1892, Baltimore

             Co., MD[22]; m. Anna F. (b. approx. ) In 1917, when he

             registered for the draft, he was working as a carpenter with

             his father and a brother. In 1920, he and his family were

             living on W. Baltimore St., in the city, where he had a job

             as a meat-cutter[23]:

 

               1. Gertrude C. Raab (b. approx. 1917, Baltimore, MD)

 

               2. Charles Alphonsus Raab, Jr. (b. July 13, 1918,

                   Baltimore, MD; d. July 1983) Served in the U.S. Army

                   during WW II as a PRC.[24]

 

          g. Barbara Raab (b. April 1895, Baltimore Co., MD)

 

          h. Louisa Raab (b. June 1899, Baltimore Co., MD; possibly

              died before 1910)

 

          i. Amelia L. Raab (b. June 4, 1899, Baltimore Co., MD; d.

             October 24, 1991, Perry Hall, Baltimore Co., MD) m.

             Michael A. Kahl(e) (b. February 14, 1897, Perry Hall,

             MD; d. February 25, 1954, Perry Hall, MD ) January 7,

             1920, at St. JosephÕs Catholic Church, Fullerton, MD.

             Michael was the son of Henry Kahl (b. January 19, 1857,

             Perry Hall, Baltimore Co. MD; d. July 22, 1904, Fullerton,

             Baltimore Co., MD) and Barbara C. Noppenberger Kahl

             (b. December 12, 1869, Perry Hall; d. September 21, 1947,

             Perry Hall). In 1930, Amelia and Michael were living on

             Joppa Road, in the 11th District. Michael was working as a

             carpenter. They had four children[25]:

 

               1. Marie L. Kahl (b. January 10, 1921, Baltimore Co.,

                   MD; d. November 27, 1998, Baltimore, MD) m.

                   Schott[26]

 

               2. Ruth Mary Kahl (b. January 22, 1923, MD)

 

               3. Mildred Madeleine Kahl (b. approx. 1927, Baltimore

                   Co., MD)

 

               4. Michael Joseph Kahl (b. March 28, 1929; d. December

                   9, 1998, Baltimore, MD[27])

 

          j. Henry Raab (b. approx. 1905, Baltimore Co., MD)

 

     3. Peter Raab (b. January 1863, MD; possibly d. February 26,

        1916, Baltimore Co., MD[28]) m. 1) Emilie Brockmeyer approx.

        1890  (b. June 1872, MD; possibly d. September 28, 1900,

        Baltimore Co., MD[29]); 2) Anna Brockmeyer (b. April 1879,

        MD), EmilieÕs sister, on February 4, 1901 Peter Raab was a

        stonemason. Emilie and Peter are buried at St. JosephÕs

        Catholic Church, Fullerton, MD. They had five children, of  

        whom only three survived in 1900;[30] Peter and Anna had nine

        more children. With Emilie:

 

          a. George Peter Raab (b. March 5, 1891, Baltimore Co.,

              MD[31]; d. 1953, Baltimore, MD) m. Anna Mina (Minnie)

              Koppelman (June 4, 1888, Baltimore Co., MD; d. January

              1980, Baltimore, MD[32]) approx. 1917. George P. Raab was

              a mason, like his father. As he was Catholic and she was

              from a Lutheran family, Mina had to defy her father to

              marry. Her daughter, Edna, and granddaughter, Patricia,

              remember Mina as a quiet, patient, and affectionate

              woman. George and Mina are buried in Parkwood

              Cemetery, Parkville, MD.

 

          b. Peter John Raab (b. October 5, 1893, Baltimore Co., MD)

              Peter served in the Meuse-Argonne in France during WW

              I, with Company D of the 313th Infantry, and rose to the